How You Can Combat Counterfeiting
By R.W. Julian
The hobby of numismatics is at a crossroads. The increasing number of counterfeits in the marketplace calls for strong responses, the first...
Bullion Prices Jump On Trump Impeachment Buzz, China Trade Mess
As the last full week of September 2019 moves forward, several types of news headlines are influencing the direction of bullion prices. Perhaps the...
2019 Delaware Dollar Honors A Real Astronomy Star
The new 2019 Delaware American Innovation $1 coin, honoring Annie Jump Cannon, marks the first of 56 new dollar coins commemorating the nation's pivotal...
The 1975 No-S Roosevelt Dime Notches Another Record — And It’s...
Just a few days after the finer of two known 1975 No-S Roosevelt dime crossed the auction block at the Long Beach Expo for...
COINage Confidential: David Thomason Alexander
By David Thomason Alexander
December 2019 will mark my 70th year as a coin and medal collector. It occurs to me that my life in...
Earliest U.S. Circulating Currency
BY DONALD H. KAGIN, PH.D.
It is now clear that the first circulating currency issued by the United States was not the Demand Notes of...
2019 Quarter 10-Coin Sets To Be Released October 9
The United States Mint will be releasing the 2019 America The Beautiful Quarters in a handsome 10-coin set in October. The set, an annual...
A Wild Mid-September Week For Gold Prices
Some roller coasters leave riders frazzled, and that probably best describes the situation for bullion investors this week as they come off some of...
Retailers, Stop Rounding To The Nickel — I Want My Pennies,...
I’ve got an issue that is really starting to bother me as a collector of pennies (or one-cent coins), and it’s a complaint I’m...
1975 No-S Roosevelt Dime Sells For Nearly Half Million Dollars
One of just two known 1975 No-S proof Roosevelt dimes sold at the September 2019 Long Beach Expo for $456,000 (including 20% buyer's fee),...
